The spillover effect of cigarette taxes on youth marijuana use has been the subject of intense public debate. Opponents … experts often claim that because tobacco is a "gateway" drug, higher cigarette taxes will deter youth marijuana use. Using … adoption of state e-cigarette taxes is associated with a reduction in youth marijuana use. …

cigarette smoking. We conclude that the unintended effects of ENDS taxation may considerably undercut or even outweigh any …Over the past decade, rising youth use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) has … adopted ENDS taxes. We use two large national surveys (Monitoring the Future and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System …

cigarette and e-cigarette use and sales. We find sizable reductions in e-cigarette and cigarette use for 12th graders. T21 also … reduced cigarette sales by 12.4% and e-cigarette sales by 69.3% in counties with the highest percent quartile of individuals …